I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, he walks in the midst of wonders.

John Herschel

I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

Carrie Fisher

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people --that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

James Thurber

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Edmund Burke

We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.

Napoleon Hill

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

Michel de Montaigne

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.

Margaret Drabble

The good Lord gave me a brain that works so fast that in one moment I can worry as much as it would take others a whole year to achieve.

Source Unknown

Some stories are true that never happened.

Elie Wiesel

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.

Edith Wharton

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Publilius Syrus

There's a great deal of attention paid and books written about this change of life in a woman, and really very little written about a man's change of life.

Frank Langella